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Venus retrograde 1955

There was no Venus retrograde in 1955: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on December 5, 1954 in Scorpio, and the next began on May 31, 1956 in Cancer.

Retrograde in 1955
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Dec 5, 1954 10:40 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
May 31, 1956 6:05 PM UTC
Gap between loops
543 days
Venus Retrograde 1955: None — Next Starts May 31, 1956

Venus’s path through 1955, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1955
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1955. Venus starts 1955 at 25°12′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°56′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 73.7°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 6 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 5, 1954. Fastest day: Oct 16, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 5 days of 1955 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 5, 1954 – Jan 6, 1955ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1955. Venus starts 1955 at 25°12′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°56′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 73.7°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 6 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 5, 1954. Fastest day: Oct 16, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 5 days of 1955 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 5, 1954 – Jan 6, 1955ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1955 at 25°12′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°56′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 73.7°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 6 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 5, 1954. Fastest day: Oct 16, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 5 days of 1955 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1955: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 6:05 PM UTC on May 31, 1956 at 9°01′ Cancer — 2:05 PM in Santiago, 2:05 PM in New York, 7:05 PM in London and 3:05 AM on June 1 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Dec 5, 1954 Turns retrograde · May 31, 1956
UTC Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · 14°40′ Scorpio Thu, May 31, 1956 · 9°01′ Cancer
Honolulu United States 12:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−10 8:05 AM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 12:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−10 8:05 AM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 2:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−8 11:05 AM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 3:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−7 11:05 AM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−7
Denver United States 3:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−7 11:05 AM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 4:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−6 1:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 4:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−6 12:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−6
New York United States 5:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−5 2:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 5:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−5 2:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 5:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−5 1:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 5:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−5 1:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 6:10 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−4:30 1:35 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 6:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−4 2:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 7:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−3 3:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 7:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−3 3:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 9:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC−1 6:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC
London United Kingdom 10:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC 7:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 11:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC+1 7:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+1
Paris France 11:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC+1 7:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 11:40 PM Sun, Dec 5, 1954 · UTC+1 7:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 12:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+2 8:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 12:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+2 8:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 12:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+2 8:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 12:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+2 8:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 1:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+3 9:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 1:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+3 9:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 2:10 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+3:30 9:35 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 2:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+4 10:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+5 11:05 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 4:10 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+5:30 11:35 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 4:10 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+5:30 11:35 PM Thu, May 31, 1956 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+6 12:05 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 5:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+7 1:05 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:10 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+7:30 1:35 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 6:10 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+7:30 1:35 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 6:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+8 2:05 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 6:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+8 2:05 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 6:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+8 2:05 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 7:10 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+8:30 3:35 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+9:30
Tokyo Japan 7:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+9 3:05 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 8:10 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+9:30 3:35 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 8:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+10 4:05 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 8:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+10 4:05 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 10:40 AM Mon, Dec 6, 1954 · UTC+12 6:05 AM Fri, Jun 1, 1956 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Venus station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

Venus in 1955: a year between two loops

543 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1955 falls entirely inside that stretch. Venus turns back once every 583.92 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.

The year opens inside the tail of the previous loop: its post-retrograde shadow closes on January 6, when Venus is back at the degree where it first turned.

The loops themselves are on the 1954 and 1956 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1955

Previous

1954 Ended December 5, 1954 after 41 days, moving back 15.39° through the zodiac.

Next

1956 Begins May 31, 1956 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1955

1.5 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 1955

Venus through the zodiac in 1955

Every sign Venus occupies during 1955, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Venus in Scorpio From Jan 1 – Jan 6
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 6 – Feb 6
Venus in Capricorn Feb 6 – Mar 4
Venus in Aquarius Mar 4 – Mar 30
Venus in Pisces Mar 30 – Apr 24
Venus in Aries Apr 24 – May 19
Venus in Taurus May 19 – Jun 13
Venus in Gemini Jun 13 – Jul 8
Venus in Cancer Jul 8 – Aug 1
Venus in Leo Aug 1 – Aug 25
Venus in Virgo Aug 25 – Sep 18
Venus in Libra Sep 18 – Oct 13
Venus in Scorpio Oct 13 – Nov 6
Venus in Sagittarius Nov 6 – Nov 30
Venus in Capricorn Nov 30 – Dec 24
Venus in Aquarius Dec 24 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 1955. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1955 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1955

Uranus in Cancer Nov 3, 1954 – Apr 1, 1955 · 149 days
Jupiter in Cancer Nov 17, 1954 – Mar 16, 1955 · 120 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 28, 1954 – May 6, 1955 · 159 days
Neptune in Libra Jan 29, 1955 – Jul 7, 1955 · 159 days
Mercury in Aquarius Feb 3, 1955 – Feb 25, 1955 · 22 days
Saturn in Scorpio Mar 1, 1955 – Jul 19, 1955 · 140 days
Mercury in Gemini Jun 3, 1955 – Jun 27, 1955 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra Oct 1, 1955 – Oct 22, 1955 · 21 days
Uranus in Leo Nov 8, 1955 – Apr 5, 1956 · 149 days
Pluto in Leo Dec 1, 1955 – May 7, 1956 · 159 days
Jupiter in Virgo Dec 18, 1955 – Apr 17, 1956 · 121 days
← 1954 Venus retrograde in 1954. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1956 → Venus retrograde in 1956.

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